This session is part of a regular series of CE courses offered to the staff of the Nashville Area.

PANDA is a program to address the lack of child abuse and neglect reporting by dental professionals. The educational program includes the history of family violence in our society, clinical examples of confirmed abuse and neglect, and discussions of legal and liability issues involved in family violence interventions.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to: 1. Identify average age of abused children. 2. Define the factors that contribute to abuse. 3. List warning signs of abuse. 4. Name the most common dental injury reported in cases of child abuse. 5. Discuss the most appropriate time to report suspected child abuse.

Disclosure Policy:

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral
Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity.
The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices.
Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices.
No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted
independent of any commercial entity.

Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at
least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course.
If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.